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Updated Nov. 23, 2012

2012 WBC Report  

 2013 Status: pending 2013 GM commitment

Bruce Reiff. OH

2012 Champion

 

WBC Event History
1996    Mike May        30
1997    George Sauer      106
1998    Mark Giddings     124
1999    Ewan McNay     115
2000    Ewan McNay       81
2001   Rich Curtin     80
2002   Ken Gutermuth      65
2003   Ewan McNay      47
2004   Steve Simmons      42
2005   Mark Smith      36
2006   Jeff Mullet      29
2007   Kevin Sudy      33
2008    Jeff Mullet      24
2009   Ted Simmons      23
2010   Doug Galullo      26
2011   Harald Henning      33
2012   Bruce Reiff      25

Enlightenment Event History
1998    Bill Crenshaw       31
1999    James Pei       30
2000    Tom Taaffe       41
2001   Bill Crenshaw     34
2002   John Coussis      36
2003   Chris Byrd      34
2004   Jeff Mullet      31
2005   Bill Crenshaw     25
2006    Jeff Mullet      30
2007    Ken Gutermuth     19
2008   Steve Simmons      31
2009    Ken Gutermuth      27
2010   Terry Coleman       25

PBeM Event History
2001    Tom Taaffe        32
2002    Bill Crenshaw        57
2003    Jason Levine       57
2004    Arthur Field       63
2006    Harald Henning       43
2008    Mark Neale       48
2010    Carl Damcke       44
2012    Jeff Mullet       50

 Laurels

 Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
   1.  Jeff Mullet        OH    12    454
   2.  Bill Crenshaw      VA    10    331
   3.  Ken Gutermuth      NC    10    276
   4.  Ewan McNay         CT    10    271
   5.  Harald Henning     CT    12    261
   6.  Carl Damcke        IL    12    200
   7.  Chris Byrd         CT    07    186
   8.  Steve Simmons      NJ    08    185
   9.  Mark Smith         KY    10    145
  10.  Kevin Sudy         VA    09    138
  11.  Tom Browne         PA    10    126
  12.  Arthur Field       SC    09     93
  13.  Tedd Mullally      NJ    10     91
  14.  Ted Simmons        NJ    09     87
  15.  John Coussis       IL    05     84
  16.  Tom Taaffe         VA    01     82
  17.  Doug Galullo       MD    12     76
  18.  Brett Mingo        MD    05     76
  19.  Terry Coleman      CA    10     72
  20.  Mark Neale         RI    08     60
  21.  Jason Levine       NY    05     60
  22.  Jim Jordan         MD    01     60
  23.  Rich Curtin        NY    01     60
  24.  James Pei          TX    99     60
  25.  Rodd Polsky        PA    09     53
  26.  Stephen Koehler    NC    01     48
  27.  David Hood         NC    12     42
  28.  Marty Hoff         TX    01     42
  29.  Bruce Reiff        OH    12     40
  30.  Nick Henning       CT    11     39
  31.  Eric Eshleman      PA    09     36
  32.  Lyman Moquin       DC    02     36
  33.  Nicholas Anner     NY    00     36
  34.  Doug Mercer        MD    11     30
  35.  Sean Whitaker      bc    06     30
  36.  Peter Staab        PA    02     30
  37.  Greg Stripes       VA    10     28
  38.  Rob Kircher        MA    02     27
  39.  Mark Frueh         IL    12     25
  40.  Eric Hupin         qc    05     24
  41.  Marvin Birnbaum    NY    01     24
  42.  George Young       VT    12     23
  43.  Eric Wrobel        VA    09     23
  44.  Robert Davidson    IL    12     20
  45.  Pierre LeBoeuf     MD    05     20
  46.  Winton Lemoine     CA    12     19
  47.  Ed Lathioor        on    05     18
  48.  Jim Stanard        MD    02     18
  49.  Charles Hickok     PA    02     18
  50.  Robin Barbehenn    MD    99     18
  51.  Chris Trimmer      TX    07     12
  52.  Sean McCulloch     OH    03     12
  53.  George Sauer       OH    02     12
  54.  Andrew Cummins     uk    01     12
  55.  Don Greenwood      MD    99     12
  56.  Kurt Miller        PA    11     11
  57.  Kevin Wojtaszczyk  NY    02     11
  58.  Stephen Matthews   NC    12     10
  59.  Phil Watkins       MN    10     10
  60.  Jeff Ridenour      CA    05      8
  61.  Eugene Hourany     CA    09      6
  62.  John Boyd          TX    06      6
  63.  Olin Hentz         CT    00      6
  64.  Dan Leader         MA    10      5
  65.  Chris Kessel       OR    02      5
  66.  Nicole Kaiyan      au    06      4
  67.  Crawford Lopez     VA    01      2

2012 Laurelists                                           Repeating Laurelists

Harald Henning, CT
2nd

Doug Galullo, MD
3rd

David Hood, NC
4th

Jeff Mullet, OH
5th

Winton Lemoine, CA
6th

Past Winners

Mike May, NY
1996

George Sauer, OH
1997

Mark Giddings, NY
1998

Ewan McNay, CT
1999-2000, 2003

Rich Curtin, NY
2001

Ken Gutermuth, TX
2002

Steve Simmons, NJ
2004

Mark Smith,KY
2005

Jeff Mullet, OH
2006, 2008

Kevin Sudy, VA
2007

Ted Simmons, NJ
2009

Doug Galullo, MD
2010

Harald Henning, CT
2011

Bruce Reiff, OH
2012
 

Doug Galullo, Tedd Mullally, Ken Gutermuth, Chris Kreuter and Bruce Reiff compare misery.

Marvin Birnbaum, Jason Levine, Eugene Hourany and defending champ Harald Henning

no longer enlightened ...

The event continues to cling to life as a pre-con. While players appreciate the ability to play and then hop to another pre-con event, this does not make for a favorable 'Enlightenment Style" event which requires dedicated play through numerous rounds by a majority of the field. We had 22 players in the first round dwindling to 17 in the second, and a mere 12 for the third. With this trend, it has been suggested that the event return to heats as the Enlightenment scoring method is flawed with a field which fluctuates so much between rounds. I mean if Bruce Reiff can win his only wood in the AOR pre-con, something is definitely wrong!

In general, players were more serious this year. We did not have as many mishaps, though Mark Smith seemed to draw the most innovative players. There was an increase in the impact misery had on the games with several players sent into CHAOS, including yours truly. There were surprisingly no objections to the new Time Limit. However, there were more than a few people concerned about the meta-game and the scoring calculation. Alas, if we go with the new format the calculation will no longer be an issue

Genoa had the best overall win rate taking 45% of the games. Veteran players were able to convert Hamburg, Paris, and even beleaguered Venice into wins. London had an off year, no doubt due to the strain of simultaneously hosting the Olympics.

There was a definite trend toward early Ocean Navigation even if the respective leaders have not yet arrived. A few games allowed a player to have income over $100 for multiple turns, arguing that they were not winning. And yet, a few tables had bloodbaths in Epoch 2, ignoring the conventional wisdom of holding hammers until the start of Epoch 3. There was one table that never even saw Crusades due to early Mongol Armies.

A few entrance polls were taken with no clear trend. The field was split on whether the WAR card should be swapped for a deck 2 Timber card. One attendee submitted a suggestion to start with two cards and pick one, shuffle the rest back into Deck 1.

So there are some interesting changes in the works for 2013. I hope to see the return of our honored former champions Ewan McNay, Steve & Ted Simmons, heck, even Terry Coleman!! Perhaps some of our staunch supporters from the Enlightenment mini-con era like Pete Staab, Thomas Browne, Mark Neal, or Eric Wroebel will make time for us again next year. Let's just hope we don't have to deal with the return of Bill Crenshaw!!!

Jon Anderson, David Hood, Jeff Mullet, Jeremiah Peterson and Patrick Murphy

Doug Galullo, Tedd Mullally and the BPA Chairman of the Board count chips.


 Play By Email 2012

The 2009 BPA Age of Renaissance Email Tournament has finally come to a close to earn the delegation of 2012. It involved 50 players in three rounds of games taking nearly three years to complete. A total of 13 game starts struggled to the finish line. Since no one has started anoher event in the interim, it appears the days of AOR played via email are over and have joined Enlightenment as a thing of the past.

In the 5-player, 8-turn final that included two heavy weights and two tournament newcomers, Jeff Mullet as Genoa defeated Carl Damke (Paris), Robert Davidson (London), George Young (Barcelona) and Stephen Koehler (Venice). Jeff used a Turn 6 Enlightened Ruler to open a slight misery lead, along with Interest & Profit and Industry to beat Paris with the commerce strategy. Going last and purchasing Cathedral on Turn 8 allowed Genoa to end the game with over $600, defeating Paris by 200 points despite having less advances. Tournament newcomer Robert stayed close until Turn 7, while the other newcomer Stephen struggled with misery and maintaining a board presence. Mark Frueh took sixth place laurels by virtue of his close finish in the semis.

 GM     Tedd Mullally  [6th year] NA 
   TMullally5@gmail.com NA

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